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• Blog / MIT Life

  Photo Contest, Round 1 The first winning entry in the photo contest. What a view!

  

  The Orientation photo contest is off to a great start. The first photo comes to us from freshman Arya '10, an international student from ... half. What a view! (Click on the photo for a zoomed-in view)

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Daniel Guillen Our football coach gets a surprise in Daniel Guillen '10.

  

  best a student-athlete could ever hope to receive. Guillen, a four ... well. "I feel this is a great opportunity and not just because of the ... a senior with 133 while also handling the punting duties. His longest

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Another Fab Four Sarah Dupuis '10, Zachary Bjornson-Hooper '10 Emily Houston '10, and Renaldo Webb '10.

  

  Class of 2010 steps on campus next fall, they will find a cohort of ... ., is a successful singer-songwriter who has recorded 50 songs including a top download at a popular indie music Web site. Dupuis loves math and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 28, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Answering some questions The entry on commencement was just getting unwieldly.

  

  Questions 1. Sevi asked, here is a question for you about Mac ... inconvinient, how do you think? A MacGregor room is eight feet by fifteen feet. I ... for many dorms was just put in last summer. There is a website with

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lazy hazy crazy Summer for me means lab and cooking. I'm not sure which I like better.

  

  my postdoc that I should do a handful of further experiments, then ... . It was kind of a given that there would be a paper, and that I'd get to write it (this is my project, anyway, and I've been working on it for a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ZigZag Episode 6 A new video podcast.

  

  ZigZag again was fun. It was a beautiful day in Killian Court, and hopefully it will be that nice again for Commencement (a.k.a. graduation

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 1, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Varsity Blogging As mentioned in a previous entry, I made some end-of-year presents for my bloggers -…

  

  As mentioned in a previous entry, I made some end-of-year presents for my bloggers - but I couldn't show you a picture until they'd been ... some belated b-day wishes when you get a chance... Also - I'm still

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 26, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Get Animated A holiday comic.

  

  A random highlight of some holidays is getting emailed the latest ... Jennifer's Comics. Jen is also a fantastic baker -- if you want to drool, check out Jennifer's Bakery. I hope you have a good Easter, Passover

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Awkward Moment A little anecdote.

  

  Now I have a lot more stories where this comes from... Tuesday, I was walking down the Infinite with my advisor where SAVE (Save A Vital Earth ... advisor: "What was that they were handing out?" Me: "Candy." I had a

  • by Bryan
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Pi Day = Mail Day? Too Early To Know No official mail date yet.

  

  Hi everyone, There have been a lot of comments in the blogs that we ... we don't yet have a mail date set for this year. Just wanted to clarify - it will indeed be in mid-March, but Mail Day depends on a variety of

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second First Week Quick update at the start of term.

  

  :-) A couple of classes I'm paying special attention to: 21F.019 ... the same room as last term's writing class, and is held in a similar ... granted. We've already written a paper -- a "cultural self-assessment" about

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Answering my own questions My perspective on the MIT student mentality about working hard.

  

  A few nights ago I insinuated that there was a list of questions ... work hard? Is hard work a virtue or an expletive? Is there a lot of competition between students, and is it destructive competition? Before I give a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 10, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Finally! Pictures from the Conner 2 holiday party! Yes that was a month ago. Leave me…

  

  "... no worries, I suppose this is a mouthfull (or a keyboard full??). Hmm ... might be and when I didn't see a "did you mean..." message, I assumed it ... spelling of the word. That's a rather dubious and embarassing distinction! So

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Musings on Graduate School Starting to think about graduate school...

  

  Engineering in Biological Engineering. A Masters of Engineering is a 5th year ... is that you get a masters in just 1 additional year, but right now my life goal magic 8 ball really says that I want a PhD, so right now I

  • by Bryan
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Happy New Year Everyone! See you in 2006.

  

  all a wonderful holiday season and a safe & fun New Year's! (I ... 2006! :-) B. P.S. A big thanks to Timur for the Santa Banners on Matt

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Loose Ends A chronology of happenings.

  

  I know it's been a very eventful week for you guys, waiting for ... of 8:00 to get ready for the train. A shuttle + subway ride later, I ... metropolis of Saco in a couple of hours. I really wish I'd taken a picture

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Laurie Burns: Studying Triple-GEM foils Senior Laurie Burns is conducting a comparative study of foils used in triple-GEMs.

  

  CERN, the world's largest particle accelerator. A triple-GEM consists of ... sheets of copper, making a grand total of three layers (the "triple" comes ... ,000 tiny holes (about 70 um in diameter) using a chemical etching process The

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Events

  He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named Returns Butterless popcorn and a little magic.

  

  Pending recovery from my illness, in a few hours, I will board a bus to head here to watch this movie in IMAX. I'm a "little" excited. Diana boarding the "Knight Bus" (ie the Big Yellow Bus) with her ticket

  • by Bryan
  • November 17, 2005
• Blog / Events

  May the Force Be With You Use the "mass times acceleration" wisely my friend.

  

  excited being a Star Wars fan and all. I'll give my review of the ... interesting things I've seen done with butter in a very long time. Yes ... found a cow that big.

  • by Bryan
  • November 12, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Teacher of the Year MIT's notable alumni include amazing teachers.

  

  I've discussed a number of famous and notable MIT alums here, but I haven't talked about any MIT alumni K-12 teachers. A number of my friends ... class a cool place. In recognition, he's been selected as the New Jersey

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2005